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TopicRajya Sabha

Topic: Rajya Sabha

BJP president & Union health minister JP Nadda named leader of the House in Rajya Sabha

He succeeds Piyush Goyal, who has been elected to the Lok Sabha. Congratulating Nadda, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh urges him to be accommodative of Opposition's views.

After her Lok Sabha loss, Ajit Pawar nominates wife Sunetra to RS, causing heartburn in NCP

Party leaders like Chhagan Bhujbal, Anand Paranjape, Baba Siddiqui and even Parth Pawar —Ajit Pawar’s son — were keen on getting the nomination for the seat, it is learnt.

Congress’ Abhishek Manu Singhvi moves Himachal HC challenging his defeat in Rajya Sabha polls

BJP's Harsh Mahajan won the 27 Feb election through draw of lots after both candidates secured 34 votes each.

Manmohan Singh, 53 other Rajya Sabha MPs to retire this week

The former PM was a Member of Parliament in Rajya Sabha for five terms.

IISc topper, philanthropist, author, ‘best investor’: Story of Sudha Murty, nominated by President to RS

PM Modi welcomes her nomination to Upper House of Parliament & hails it as a powerful testament to 'Nari Shakti'.

Former Infosys Foundation chairperson Sudha Murty nominated to Rajya Sabha, Modi says ‘testament to Nari Shakti’

She was awarded Padma Bhushan in 2023 and a Padma Shri in 2006 before that. She is married to Infosys co-founder NR Narayana Murthy & is UK PM Rishi Sunak's mother-in-law.

‘Dynasts scared to contest LS polls, trying Rajya Sabha route to enter Parliament,’ says PM Modi

He launched veiled attack on Congress-RJD alliance in Bihar, claiming NDA has ‘pushed to margins’ those who ‘indulged in dynastic rule and created terror in the minds of people.’

BJP ‘coup’ in Samajwadi Party gives UP a taste of Bihar and Maharashtra politics

Eight Samajwadi Party MLAs defecting and voting for BJP Rajya Sabha candidates is nothing short of a ‘great betrayal’. Will the SP-Congress INDIA coalition, without the BSP, mount a challenge?

Ideology is dead. Rajya Sabha cross-voting shows politics is a livestock market now

I believed that getting rid of secret ballots ended the menace of money-fuelled Rajya Sabha elections. But this week’s polls show that we overestimated the dignity of some of our legislators.

On Camera

I am a dog lover, but we don’t know how to win the war on strays

We have failed terribly at two important things. One, we are reacting to this issue only emotionally, not logically. And two, we are not asking the right questions.

In NCLAT’s WhatsApp ruling, reminder of India’s cautious view of competition disputes involving Big Tech

WhatsApp privacy policy case is among a string of matters involving practices like restrictive platform rules, pricing & billing policies, reflecting India’s tight scrutiny of market dominance.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.